Abstract
The authors followed up 41 consecutive patients (21 symptomatic) with internal carotid artery stenosis > or =70% and previous neck irradiation. After 28 months, 15 patients (36.6%) had died, five (12.2%) had had an ischemic stroke, and 15 (36.6%) had a new malignancy. Having a new malignancy was the only independent predictor of death. The major risk for patients with ICA stenosis > or =70% and previous neck irradiation is malignancy, not stroke.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Angioplasty / statistics & numerical data
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Carotid Stenosis / mortality*
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Causality
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Comorbidity
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Endarterectomy, Carotid / statistics & numerical data
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Female
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Follow-Up Studies
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France / epidemiology
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Head and Neck Neoplasms / mortality*
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Head and Neck Neoplasms / radiotherapy
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Humans
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Interviews as Topic
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / mortality*
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Neoplasms, Second Primary / mortality*
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Prospective Studies
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Radiotherapy / adverse effects*
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Risk Factors
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Stroke / mortality*
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Survival Analysis
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Treatment Outcome